Garter



J. A. HEWES.

GARTER.

APPHCATION mm) JULY 3 ,1919.

EPatented Feb. 1, 192

UNITED STATES JAMES A. HEWES, OI! MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARTER.

Application filed July 3, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. Hnwns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Melrose, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garters, and has for its object the provision ofa device of this type wherein contact between certain metal portionsthereof and the person of the wearer is prevented by more efficient,simple and economical means than heretofore employed in the art.

The device of my invention comprises a leg encircling band including apad secured thereto, a depending member secured to the pad and providedwith a hose fastener, and a two part clasp for coupling the ends of saidband, the novel features and relations of which elements are hereinaftermore particularly described and claimed, and shown in the drawingaccompanying this specification.

Referring to the drawing in which Figure 1 shows my new and improvedgarter with the band clasp uncoupled, and Fig. 2 shows the same with theband clasp coupled, and like numerals of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures, the numeral 3 indicates a legencircling band of elastic fabric. 4 is the pad stitched to the band 3and 5 the depending member provided with the hose supporter 6 stitchedto the pad. 7 is a clasp member of metal or other suitable materialstitched or otherwise suitably secured to the pad 4:. 8 is a claspmember adapted to engage the member 7, and provided with two parallellongitudinal slots 9, adapted to receive and frictionally secure the end10 of the band 3 in the manner shown and thus permit adjustment of theband 3 to the desired length. The member '7 is secured to the pad 4 at apoint sufficiently removed from the free end 11 of the pad to interposethe pad between the leg of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Serial No. 308,543.

the wearer and all portions of the members 7 and 8, thus preventingcontact of the metal parts of the clasp with the leg.

In all prior devices of this class the means for adjusting the length ofthe band is independent of the band clasp, and in adjustment is movedalong the band relatively to the clasp. The result is that as the adjustment is made to take up the slack of the band due to stretching of thefabric, the band is folded upon itself causing a double thickness of thegarter to that extent and as the garter continues to stretch theadjusting means finally reaches a point back of the knee in anuncomfortable position for the wearer. By constructing the adjustingmeans integral with the clasp in my device its position is unchanged intaking up the slack of the band and therefore is prevented from gettinginto the uncomfortable position back of the knee. The double thicknessof the webbing is also avoided as the superfluous portions of the end ofthe fabric may be cut off as it is taken up.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A garter embodying a le encircling band of elastic fabric one end ofwhich is turned outwardly and backwardly upon itself and is embraced andsecured against slipping solely by a frictional member of a two partclasp, the other end of said band having a non-elastic pad securedthereto and provided with the complementary member of the two part claspfastened to the pad at such distance inwardly from the edge that the padis interposed between both members of the clasp and the body of thewearer when the clasp is closed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses, this twenty-first day of June, 1919.

JAMES A. I-IElVES. lVitnesses:

PAUL F. Pnmrms,

STORRUSA L. KENNEY.

